After just receiving a $100 bill Nan Bloom, the Merry Oaks Elementary (Charlotte) art teacher, can't help but smile as fellow teacher, Ronald Monroe, gets a hug and $100 himself. Monroe is the school's music teacher.

The annual "Secret Santa" cash giveaway has happened again in Charlotte. Anonymous ELFs hand out $100 bills to strangers all over Charlotte - part of the national effort started decades ago by Kansas City, MO, businessman Larry Stewart - in hopes it will inspire them to perform their own random acts of kindness. The ELFs were accompanied by a faithful entourage of CMPD officers, many of whom have been riding along for years. Stops included Merry Oaks elementary, a gas station, and a bus stop on Eastway Drive.

﻿With the help of the Phoenix PD and Tempe PD, the Phoenix Secret Santas enjoyed a day filled with many sounds of happy children and unsuspecting adults as many $100 bills were given away. Ninety 3rd graders were visited at Bolz Elementary in Phoenix, as well as a school for unwed teen moms in Tempe.